Loading flap with cable-cylinder combination
DRIVE
April 10, 2002
The invention relates to a vehicle (1) equipped with a vertical lift (3) which is provided with a loading platform (4), which is attached onto sliding elements (5,6) on either side of the opening of the body (2), which are moved up and down along and/or through columns (7), and whereby said sliding elements are connected to a hoisting mechanism (8). One sliding element (5) is moved up and down by a hydrocylinder (9), and the other sliding element (6) is moved up and down on a cable (12), which is connected to the hydrosliding element (5) with its other end, and is hereby led over cable wheels (15) in such a manner that with every movement of the one sliding element (5), the cable fastening (14) on the one sliding element (5) moves parallel in the same direction as the cable fastening (13) on the other sliding element (6).
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